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  • How did Holmes know that the draft of the will had been written on an express train?
    Holmes saw that some of the writing was very difficult to read and some of it was clear
  • providing professional help and advice about a particular subject
    consulting
  • not protected
    unguarded
  • The beat of the heart that pushes blood
    pulse
  • the opinion that people have about how good or how bad something or someone is
    reputation
  • how did holmes know about the hidden room?
    He measured the corridor and found that the corridor was shorter than it should have been
  • facts, statements or objects that help to prove whether or not someone has committed a crime
    evidence
  • Someone who helps someone do something wrong
    accomplice
  • verbal passing on of information, not newspapers or tv . only words
    word of mouth
  • Why did Holmes say the Lestrade might be right that McFarlane was guilty?
    Holmes thought that John McFarlane, her son, might hate Oldacre too and might have murdered him.
  • What have you learned about the relationship between Lestrade and Holmes?
    Holmes and Lestrade were polite to each other
  • talk or reports in the newspapers about shocking events involving important people
    scandal
  • relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
    diplomatic
  • the process of finding something out by considering the information or evidence that you have
    deduction
  • a situation in which separate things happen by chance at the same time or in the same way.
    coincidence
  • Seemingly guilty, questionable, dangerous, dishonest
    suspicious
  • how did holmes know the fingerprint was not McFarlane's?
    He knew that the fingerprint hadn’t been on the wall when he first looked at the corridor
  • In 'The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,' Oldacre faked his death not only to get revenge on McFarlane's mother by framing her son for murder, but also to:
    dodge creditors and start his life over under a new name
  • What facts did Sherlock Holmes know about McFarlane? How did he know?
    was not married because his clothes were untidy; was a lawyer because he saw some legal papers in his pockets; lung illness
  • Entering a building to steal
    burglary
  • What was the result of the fire which Watson lit?
    Oldacre opened a door in the wall and tried to run away
  • A feeling of hopelessness
    despair
  • A court which describes the cause of death
    inquest
  • a claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong
    accusation
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